North Thoresby is a village in Lincolnshire situated between Louth and Grimsby, approximately 7.5 miles (12 km) from each with a population of about 1,000.
The area is essentially agricultural but the majority of residents work in Grimsby and Cleethorpes or in the industries situated on the Humber bank.
North Thoresby is a popular and attractive village with good facilities including two pubs (with restaurants) a number of shops, a Used Car site, a modern primary school,[1] surgery and pharmacy[2] a village hall and facilities for football, cricket and bowls.
The church, St Helen's,[3] is on a site where Christian worship has continued for more than 1,000 years. Like most churches of its age it has seen many alterations from an original simple room to a fifteenth century edifice with north and south aisles. The south aisle was demolished in Elizabethan times but signs of it still survive inside the church. Interesting features include part of a Saxon grave cover, Tudor bench ends and fascinating restoration plaques which record the work of such humble tradesman as "putty makers". There is also a memorial tablet to Francis Bond, the late nineteenth century authority on Gothic architecture, who was born in the village.
The Methodist chapel, school and school house, were built in the mid 19th century. The school and house were converted into a community centre known as The Wesley Centre in 1985 when the primary school relocated to a new building on High Street.
Like many villages in the area the name Thoresby finishes with the letters BY – this indicates the influence of the Vikings.
Just outside the village evidence was found that the Romans grew grapes in the area.[4] which has been contested.[5]
Transport
The village has regular bus services to both Louth and Grimsby[6] North Thoresby is also served by the National Express route between Grimsby and London[7] and Grimsby and Westward Ho[8] stopping on the A16 close to the Granby public house. The village's North Thoresby railway station was on the railway line from Louth to Grimsby until the Beeching Axe in the 1960s. Which has been reopened in 2009 as part of the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway heritage railway.
References
- ^ North Thoresby Primary School
- ^ North Thoresby Practice
- ^ St Helen's Church
- ^ BBC History of British Gardening: Roman
- ^ UK Vineyards Guide Skelton, 2008.
- ^ Lincolnshire County Council Interconnect 51
- ^ National Express Route 448 NEL website
- ^ National Express Route 339 NEL website
- Webster et al 1967 A Possible Vineyard of the Romano-British period at North Thoresby, Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. No. 2
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